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Monday Night Magic #299 | Pray I Don’t Alter It Any Further

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MNM Host(s) This Week

Jason 'Chewie' Slate from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/

Jack LaCroix from Monday Night Magic - http://www.mtgcast.com/

Marshall Sutcliffe from Limited Resources - http://www.mtgcast.com/

Ron Faris  from Black Wing Studios - http://blackwingstudio.blogspot.com

This Week in Magic and other MTGCast News

-- Jack and Chewie are joined by L3 Judge Sean Catanese, Ron Faris of Black Wing Studio (http://blackwingstudio.blogspot.com), and Marshall from the Limited Resources podcast (http://LRCast.com) to talk about everything from warning letters to GP results to PTQs to artistic expressions.  Sure it's a long episode, but it will be well worth your time as we have packed a LOT of information and fun into it!

-- Pastimes responds to playmat fiasco

-- Edgar Flores suspended for 3 months "for misrepresenting game state" supposedly due to his DQ at SCG Indy

-- But Dad, Two Explores by Scott Holmes

-- Congratulations to Raphael Levy who is now officially the all-time leader on Pro Points. He passed Kai Budde with a 32nd place at #gpmadrid

-- GP Madrid

-- GP Baltimore

-- Quote from Scott Marshall (Level 5 DCI Judge):  I expect that the next PTQ round will be placed with stores.  NOTE:  The next season starts on April 1st.

-- Aaron Forsythe Twitter Quote -- Cool #WorldMagicCup fact #1: Team members will be able to talk to each other as they build their draft decks on Day 1.

-- Aaron Forsythe Twitter Quote -- Cool #WorldMagicCup fact #2: The first tiebreaker for determining which player gets cut after Day 1 will be Pro Point total from this year

-- The Magic Cup Rules

-- The Magic Cup Player Race and Possible Qualifiers (Brian David-Marshall)

-- MTGO Release Events -- Feb 22 through March 9

-- What do you think of playing altered cards in a tournament? There's text box confusion, possibility of cheating, etc

-- Heading 3.3 Authorized Cards: Artistic modifications are acceptable in sanctioned tournaments, provided that the modifications do not make the card unrecognizable, contain substantial strategic advice, or contain offensive images.  Artistic modifications also may not obstruct or change the mana cost or name of the card.

The Head Judge is the final authority on acceptable cards for a tournament.

-- The MortarPod Podcast is done and will no longer exist.  The hosts have requested that all of its shows be pulled off of the MTGCast Network immediately as well, making them the first such Podcast to request "self-censorship" from the internet.

-- We'll start here for next week

-- Gold Run at GP:SLC -- $12,000 in free cards

-- MS Charity Magic tourney

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Chewie, Jack, Chris, Adena, Eric, Conley, Marcel, Chris, Robert, & Tom - The Monday Night Magic News Team!

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